Location:
CAPE TOWN, ,
Post Date:
Jan 19, 2022 11:31 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotostwo469823
(RM)
Credit:
Xabiso Mkhabela / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
3543 x 2306 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Xabiso Mkhabela
Keywords:
wn, jt
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(220119) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2nd L) and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong (3rd L) cut the ribbon during the launch of a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, on Jan. 19, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday jointly launched a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, with a goal to manufacture a billion doses of vaccines "from start to finish" by 2025. This will be the first "real" vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa to produce COVID-19 vaccines by using locally-made drug substances, instead of filling with drug substances from elsewhere, Ramaphosa told a briefing at the launch. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)